Sentences with phrase «dup leader»

The larger parties at Westminster either stand directly or with links to parties in Northern Ireland, says the DUP leader.

DUP leader Arlene Foster and deputy leader Nigel Dodds cheer as Emma Little Pengelly is elected to the South Belfast constituency at the Titanic exhibition centre in Belfast

The DUP leader and Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has lost his East Belfast seat to Naomi Long of the Alliance Party.

However, DUP leader Peter Robinson described the unionist pact as the «most comprehensive electoral agreement between our two parties in the last 29 years».

In turn, the UUP will support former DUP Mayor of Belfast Gavin Robinson in his bid to win back the East Belfast seat from Alliance - Naomi Long unseated the DUP leader at the last general election.

DUP leader Arlene Foster said of Dr McCrea's appointment: «Dr McCrea is most deserving of this honour.

Former First Minister Peter Robinson, for example, who was DUP leader and Northern Ireland's first minister until last year, was an active member of Ulster Resistance.

The DUP leader wants a «sensible» Brexit, yet offers absolutely no possibility of anything sensible ever happening

In the run - up to March's Northern Irish assembly elections DUP leader Arlene Foster denied knowing the size of the donation or the specific source.

But DUP leader Ian Paisley told reporters yesterday that «the Ulster people will be persuaded; they will not be driven.»

Low - January 11th: Robinson scandal - DUP leader Peter Robinson was forced to temporarily stand down from his role as first minister after the scandal about his wife Iris Robinson's financial and sexual activities with a 19 - year - old broke.

The DUP leader expressed his optimism about the next few weeks, saying the prospect of a hung parliament gives Northern Irish voters crucial influence on polling day.

DUP leader Arlene Foster, whose party props up Mrs May's government in Westminster, hit out at Brussels over the EU's stance on customs.

DUP leader Arlene Foster told him ominously that he «shouldn't play about with Northern Ireland».

In an historic occasion, DUP leader Ian Paisley revoked his long - standing policy of not talking to Sinn Fein to meet for the first time with republican leader Gerry Adams.

Strange bedfellows: UUP leader Mike Nesbitt (centre left) and DUP leader Peter Robinson (centre right) outside Stormont.

Meanwhile DUP leader Peter Robinson was blunt yesterday about his party's willingness to use the situation for leverage, noting «unprecedented opportunities for a focused, cohesive unionist bloc» in a hung parliament.

Earlier, DUP leader Ian Paisley had said it was «a very relaxed meeting» and «no deadlines were held over our heads».

The result comes in the wake of a series of damaging revelations about both the DUP leader and his wife Iris, who dramatically quit politics in disgrace over allegations about her financial involvement with her teenage lover.

Unless DUP leader Foster agrees to quit as first minister, at least temporarily, a Stormont election will be triggered within weeks.

The DUP leader Ian Paisley and Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern today shared their first public handshake.

«March 26th is cast in stone,» Mr Hain stressed, giving DUP leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuiness until midnight on Sunday to come forward as first and deputy first minister.

Not exact matches

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley has today met with Ireland's top Catholic cleric in historic talks.

Democratic Unionist party (DUP) leader Peter Robinson is back as Northern Ireland's first minister, after claiming his wife's scandal did not pose a legal threat to him.

Peter Robinson will be the new leader of the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) after its assembly group unanimously backed him this morning.

One name believed to be under consideration is Diane Dodds, a DUP MEP who is married to the party's Westminster leader Nigel Dodds.

Following questions in the House from Labour and DUP members, the Leader of the House announced that there would be discussions with affected parties, and in March Chris Grayling presented a written statement to the Commons, detailing a much lower reduction of around five per cent in real terms.

The Lib Dem leader Tim - Nice - But - Everyone - Sins got ousted as leader of the Liberal Democrats for his views on gay sex and the DUP are now the most powerful small party in Britain despite theirs.

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has described the meetings as «defining and critical» as his party claimed it had done all it could to placate the DUP.

It follows last - ditch talks between Democratic Unionist party (DUP) leader Peter Robinson and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, which began earlier today.

Irish taoiseach Brian Cowen said such violence had been comprehensively rejected, while Northern Ireland's first minister Peter Robinson, leader of the DUP, said the shootings were a «terrible reminder of the events of the past».

Northern Ireland's first minister Peter Robinson, leader of the DUP, said the shootings were a «terrible reminder of the events of the past».

[96] Their leader, Peter Robinson, said that the DUP would talk first to whichever party wins the most seats.

[9] Instead the leader of the second largest parliamentary opposition party at the time, Nigel Dodds of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), usually asked a single question later in the session followed by at least one MP from another smaller party such as the Scottish National Party or Plaid Cymru.

High - April 15th: Legal wrangles - Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) leader fails to extend a temporary injunction against leaflets by his DUP opponent, Ian Paisley Jr..

In response to yesterday's development, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams accused the DUP of trying to «frustrate the will of the electorate» and declared that the March 26th deadline should be adhered to.

Nigel Dodds, DUP Westminster leader, praises Cameron's stance.

The Democratic Unionist Party had two members of the Vote Leave board, Nigel Dodds and Christopher Montgomery — respectively the DUP's leader in Westminster, and the DUP's Westminster chief of staff.

The Tory leader utterly ignored her party's disastrous election performance as she confirmed a deal with Northern Ireland's right - wing DUP in an extraordinary statement on the steps of Downing Street.

The UUP has also agreed not to stand in North Belfast, where the DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds faces a challenge for his seat from Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly.

He became DUP deputy leader a year later.

DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds says they will not accept divergence between Northern Ireland and rest of UK on Brexit

The collapse of talks between Sinn Fein and the DUP over the devolution of policing and justice powers prompted Ulster Unionist leader Sir Reg Empey to warn that fresh assembly elections could come in a matter of weeks.

The DUP's leader narrowly survived a no - confidence motion following a disastrous attempt to bolster green energy in Northern Ireland by providing subsidies for wood burners.

The recent announcement by Ian Paisley that he was resigning his dual leadership roles, as First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive and as Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader, almost a year after the restoration of a devolved power - sharing Assembly based in Stormont, Belfast, is perhaps an apposite time to assess the successes of the latest (hopefully permanent) attempt at devolving law - making powers to a region in the UK, and also to evaluate the robustness of institutionalised power - sharing as it meets the myriad challenges confronting the fledgling Assembly.